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靠

kào

nearby; to depend on, to lean on, to trust

🔤 Pictophonetic: 非 (people back-to-back) provides meaning, 告 provides pronunciation

HSK 5 15 strokes Very Common (8%)

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Component Breakdown

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告

gào

to tell, to inform, to announce; to accuse

非

fēi

not, negative, non-; to oppose

⿱告非 i

Stroke Order

Component Tree i

gào

告

to tell, to inform, to announce; to accuse

💡 Ideographic: To speak 口 with the force of an ox 牛

7 strokes HSK 2

niú

牛

ox, cow, bull

📷 Pictographic: An ox's horned head

4 strokes HSK 2

kǒu

口

mouth; entrance, gate, opening

📷 Pictographic: An open mouth

3 strokes HSK 3

jiōng

冂

wide

2 strokes

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

fēi

非

not, negative, non-; to oppose

💡 Ideographic: Two bird's wings opposed; two people back-to-back

8 strokes HSK 2

Words Using 靠 (38)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

靠 ↗

kào

to lean against or on / to stand by the side of / to come near to / to depend on / to trust / to fuck (vulgar) / traditional military costume drama where the performers wear armor (old)

kào

靠 ↗

HSK 5

to lean against or on / to stand by the side of / to come near to / to depend on / to trust / to fuck (vulgar) / traditional military costume drama where the performers wear armor (old)

to rely on sth (for support etc) / to depend on

yīkào

依靠 ↗

HSK 6

to rely on sth (for support etc) / to depend on

to call at / to stop at / berth

tíngkào

停靠 ↗

to call at / to stop at / berth

投靠 ↗

tóukào

to rely on help from sb

tóukào

投靠 ↗

to rely on help from sb

靠岸 ↗

kàoàn

(of a boat) to reach the shore / to pull toward shore / close to shore / landfall

kàoàn

靠岸 ↗

(of a boat) to reach the shore / to pull toward shore / close to shore / landfall

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